come into being

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Verb

come into being

1. (idiomatic) To form; to start to exist.

   Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.

Synonyms

• appear, form, materialize, take shape; see also Thesaurus:come into being

Translations

• French: apparaître
• German: entstehen
• Portuguese: surgir
• Russian: возника́ть

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